What you need to know
Brett Kavanaugh
Key vote on Kavanaugh: The U.S. Senate is set to vote this morning to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and set up a final vote this weekend. All eyes are on a few potential swing votes amid protests over allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh.
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Survey says: A poll conducted for the Free Press and CTV Winnipeg found 81 per cent of those surveyed believe the division between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is “a serious issue” in Winnipeg. Carol Sanders reports.
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Friday night football: The Blue Bombers face the Redblacks in Ottawa at 6:30 p.m. Jeff Hamilton has five things to keep an eye on during the game.
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Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of 3 C and wind at 10 km/h increasing to 15 km/h late this afternoon. Two to four centimetres of snowfall is expected, including snow mixed with rain all day, snow this evening and a chance of flurries late tonight.
What’s happening today
Paul Bernardo
Killer in court: Infamous killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo, 54, is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in eastern Ontario to begin trial for possession of a homemade prison weapon. READ MORE
Mayoral debate at mosque: Mayoral candidates will discuss “multiculturalism and integration of minorities” at a debate at the Winnipeg Grand Mosque on Waverley Street from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
In case you missed it
(AP Photo/Scott Kane)Jets center Adam Lowry celebrates after scoring an unassisted short-handed goal during the third period Thursday, in St. Louis.
First flight: The Jets opened the regular season with a 5-1 win in St. Louis, scoring four goals in the third period. Mike McIntyre reports.
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Peace prize: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to a Congolese doctor and an Iraqi woman for their fights against the use of sexual violence in war.
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Corrections and confinement: A Senate committee on human rights held a public meeting at the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre last night as part of its study of the federal correctional system. The effect of solitary confinement on prisoners was a key issue. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 5, 1992: Police feared as many as 200 people were killed after a cargo jet bound from Amsterdam to Tel Avis plunged out of sky and into an apartment complex; the Winnipeg Fury became Canadian Soccer League champions; strict new laws to prohibit the sale of tobacco to those under 18 were being ignored; a member of the citizens’ advisory committee said the public was being ‘manipulated’ on development at The Forks; and farm kids and their families were found to be paying a heavy price for the lack of rural child-care services.
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